Oral artesunate for neonatal malaria.

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A 24-day male baby presented with a history of fever and poor feeding. The baby was pale and had hepatosplenomegaly. Peripheral blood films revealed Plasmodium vivax. Chloroquine is the drug of choice in neonatal malaria. However, our patient did not respond to chloroquine. There has been very little experience with other drugs. This case highlights the use of oral artesunate to which the baby responded. The future may see its more frequent use in resistant malaria.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Trop Pediatr

Title: Journal of tropical pediatrics

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1465-3664

ISSN (Print): 0142-6338

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2010

Volume: 56

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Department of Paediatrics, Fr Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. shreedharkdr@gmail.com

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Publisher Item ID: fmq007

DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq007

PubMed ID: 20144934

SO-VID: 509035c4-ca0c-435f-b345-b3e4f8710ce8

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